That starting 5 is going to have to produce! I'm not sure Clifford will be able to count on that bench like we did last year. At times, especially from mid season and later in the regular season, that bench with Lin and Big Al we're beasting some scrubs from other teams. Need Lamb to wake back up too.

I'm excited to see MKG and Batum actually play together at the 3 and 2. That's a big if.Hey, if J Stew on the panthers stayed healthy for an entire season last year, anything can happen!

Good: 1) kemba is a certified allstar. One of the best offensive players in the league so far.2) kaminsky has improved quite a bit.3) we are likely a top 5-7 defensive team with mkg back (currently 4th)4) Clifford has us taking a terrific looking shot chart5) great ball movement 6) great defensive rebounding team7) great fg% defense around the basket

Bad:1) marvin shot has been MIA.2) MKG shot has regressed instead of supposedly being fixed3) early injuries to hibbert and lamb4) bellinelli and sessions have looked poor as expected 5) give up too many 3s and teams are hitting extremely high%6) give up too many shots around the basket

Bottom line is a middling offense and a top defense makes you a tough out in the playoffs but without star power or a huge market we have to overcome the refs in the postseason.

We need to be looking to make an aggressive move like the Courtney lee deal near the deadline. Sessions contract has a non guaranteed 2nd year so he's a nice trade piece. Hibbert has an expiring deal so that's potentially helpful as well. Hawes, lamb, and bellinelli all have palatable contracts to make salaries work in a blockbuster. Our 1st rounder will be in the 20s so that doesn't help much. Frank is on his rookie deal so he's a nice trade piece but he's also valuable for us given zeller, hibbert, hawes injury problems.

Marv, cody, and batum have relatively little trade value with their new extensions. Mkg is probably a tough trade with his injury history but he has a nice deal. Kemba has a great value on his deal but he isn't getting moved.

There are some veteran teams who are flat out bad and ready to Kickstart a rebuild so hopefully we add someone because this is potentially a really good team

this team doesn't have a mega star to carry them so they're not making the finals anyways. Just play sound basketball, make the playoffs, hope to win a series. We're basically back to where we were at before we tore it all down to where we can make the playoffs but we're not gonna do shit once we get there. Honestly, as long as lebron is in the east, nobody is beating them anyways

Eh, that cleveland team is pretty old. You don't know who is still gonna be standing come playoff time. Love and Irving are both injury prone and I'd be shocked if Dunleavy, shumpert, and jefferson all hold up.

This feels like the most well put-together team that I cheer for right now. I'm not super comfortable living and dying by Kemba alone (the difference between the two halves tonight is evidence enough), but I am enjoying this team's chemistry and it's been a fun start to the season.

There's going to be some lumps, but I think the one key area they've improved as unit is passing the basketball.

They've been really efficient on offense and getting great looks because you've got 5 guys out there willing to pick out a teammate. It's magnified even more knowing their pace isn't even close to last year and possessions are down, but they're scoring more points overall.